# Timeline of Lyon

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lyon, France.

## Prior to 15th century

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* 43 BCE - Roman colony of Lugdunum founded.
* 15 BCE - Ancient Theatre of Fourvière built (approximate date).
* 10 BCE - Birth of Claudius.
* 59 CE - Town was burned and rebuilt with funding from Nero.
* 177 CE - Persecution in Lyon.
* 197 - Battle of Lugdunum.
* 478 - Became the capital of the Kingdom of the Burgundians.
* 1170s - Religious Waldensians active.
* 1180 - Lyon Cathedral construction begins.
* 1245 - First Council of Lyon convenes.
* 1272-1274 - Second Council of Lyon convenes.
* 1300 - University of Lyon founded.
* 1307 - Lyon becomes part of France under Philip the fair .
* 1320 - "Citizens obtained self-rule."
* 1381 - Public clock installed.
* 1383 - Lyon astronomical clock in operation in the cathedral (approximate date).

## 15th-18th centuries

* 1420 - Trade fairs authorized.
* 1454 - Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon (hospital) in operation.
* 1473 - Printing press in operation.
* 1476 - Lyon Cathedral completed.
* 1498 - Maison du Chamarier built.
* 1506 - Stock exchange opens.
* 1515 - Silk industry in Lyon [fr] begins.
* 1519 - Collège de la Trinité founded.
* 1531 - Hospice de la Charite founded.
* 1540 - Printers' strike.
* 1548 - Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici visit city.
* 1600 - Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.
* 1617 - Hospice de la Charite church built.
* 1652 - Hôtel de Ville built.
* 1655 - Premiere of Molière's L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps.
* 1700 - Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon [fr] established.
* 1702 - Chamber of Commerce founded.
* 1704 - Currency court established.
* 1711 - Flood.
* 1724 - Academy of fine arts established.
* 1731 - Lyon Public Library established.
* 1744 - "Silkworkers' revolt."
* 1750 - Saint-Clair (quarter) [fr] development begins.
* 1761 - Veterinary School of Lyon [fr] founded.
* 1771 - Conseil Superieur established.
* 1775
** 20 January: Birth of André-Marie Ampère.
** Saint-Clair bridge opens.
* 1778 - Masonic Rectified Scottish Rite founded in Lyon.
* 1784 - Montgolfiere hot air balloon ascends from Brotteaux.
* 1786 - Weavers' strike.
* 1788 - City directory published.
* 1790 - City becomes part of the Rhône-et-Loire souveraineté.
* 1792 - The first version of the Théâtre des Célestins is inaugurated.
* 1793
** Revolt of Lyon against the National Convention; crackdown.
** City becomes part of the Rhône department.
** Population: 102,167.

## 19th century
### 1800s-1840s

* 1802 - Jacquard loom invented in Lyon.
* 1803
** Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon opens.
** Temple du Change (church) active.
* 1806 - Labor court established.
* 1807 - Cemetery of Loyasse established.
* 1808 - University established.
* 1814 - March: Austrians in power.
* 1815 - 8 March: Napoleon arrives.
* 1820 - Population: 115,841.
* 1822
** Société linnéenne de Lyon [fr] formed.
** Catholic Society for the Propagation of the Faith founded in Lyon.
* 1825 - Statue of Louis XIV installed in the Place Bellecour.
* 1830 - Société académique d'architecture de Lyon [fr] founded.
* 1831 - November–December: Canut revolt.
* 1834 - April: Canut revolt.
* 1835 - Revue du Lyonnais journal begins publication.
* 1836 - Brasserie Georges in business.
* 1840 - 4 November: Flood.
* 1842 - Courthouse built.
* 1848
** Le Salut public [fr] newspaper begins publication.
** Église Saint-Georges (church) rebuilt.
* 1849 - June: Canut revolt.

### 1850s-1890s

* 1850 - 15 August: "Banquet to Louis Napoleon."
* 1852 - Arrondissements of Lyon created: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th.
* 1854 - Gare de Lyon-Vaise opens.
* 1855 - Gare de Lyon-Perrache opens.
* 1856
** Flood.
** Society of African Missions founded in Lyon.
** Population: 292,721.
* 1857 - École centrale de Lyon founded.
* 1858 - Lyon–Geneva railway in operation.
* 1859 - Le progrès newspaper begins publication.
* 1860
** Philharmonic Society founded.
** Palais de la Bourse built.
* 1861
** African Museum of Lyon established.
** Population: 318,803.
* 1862 - Funicular railway begins operating.
* 1863 - Crédit Lyonnais (bank) founded.
* 1864 - Grande synagogue de Lyon built.
* 1867 - 6th arrondissement of Lyon created.
* 1872 - Société botanique de Lyon established.
* 1875 - Union générale bank and Catholic University of Lyon established.
* 1876 - Gare de Lyon-Saint-Paul opens.
* 1877 - Théâtre des Célestins opens.
* 1879 - Le Nouvelliste de Lyon newspaper begins publication.
* 1880 - Le Monde lyonnais [fr] newspaper begins publication.
* 1883
** Trial of Lyon anarchists [fr]
** Église du Bon-Pasteur (church) built.
* 1884 - Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière built.
* 1886 - Population: 401,930.
* 1888 - Association générale des étudiants [fr] of Lyon established.
* 1890 - Republican monument erected in Place Carnot.
* 1891 - Croix-Rousse funicular begins operating.
* 1892 - Fontaine Bartholdi installed in Place des Terreaux.
* 1894
** 29 April: Exposition internationale et coloniale (1894) opens.
** 24 June: Assassination of French president Carnot.
** 25 June: "Anti-Italian riots."
** Metallic tower of Fourvière and Théâtre de l’Eldorado [fr] built.
* 1899 - Lyon Olympique Universitaire football club formed.
* 1900 - Statue of Carnot erected in the Place de la République.

## 20th century
### 1900-1944

* 1902 - Revue d'histoire de Lyon journal begins publication.
* 1903
** July: 1903 Tour de France passes through Lyon.
** Revue musicale de Lyon begins publication.
* 1905
** Orchestre National de Lyon established.
** Édouard Herriot becomes mayor.
* 1906 - Population: 430,186 city; 472,114 commune.
* 1908 - Gare des Brotteaux opens.
* 1911 - Population: 523,796.
* 1912 - 7th arrondissement of Lyon created.
* 1914 - Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon held.
* 1917 - Berliet automobile manufactory in business.
* 1921 - Montluc prison built.
* 1926 - Stade de Gerland (stadium) opens.
* 1933 - Pathe Bellecour cinema opens.
* 1940 - June: City occupied by German forces during the Battle of the Rhône Valley [fr].
* 1941 - Odeon of Lyon excavation begins.
* 1944 - 2 September: Allied forces take city from Germans.

### 1945-1990s

* 1952
** Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse opens.
** SaintéLyon [fr] Saint-Étienne-Lyon footrace begins.
** Positif film magazine begins publication.
* 1959 - 8th arrondissement of Lyon created.
* 1964
** 9th arrondissement of Lyon created.
** Printing Museum established.
* 1968 - Population: 527,800.
* 1969 - Urban Community of Lyon and Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon [fr] established.
* 1971 - Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 established.
* 1973 - Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 established.
* 1974 - Lyon metro Line C begins operating.
* 1975
** Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon building opens.
** Airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry opens.
** Population: 456,716.
* 1978 - Lyon Metro Line A and Line B begin operating.
* 1980 - Conservatory of Music and Dance established.
* 1982
** PLM Law [fr] effected.
** Population: 413,095.
* 1983
** TGV hi-speed railway begins operating.
** Opéra National de Lyon founded.
** Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu opens.
* 1987 - 11 May: Barbie Trial begins.
* 1989 - Michel Noir becomes mayor.
* 1991 - Lyon Metro Line D begins operating.
* 1993 - Opéra Nouvel opens.
* 1995
** Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon building opens.
** Raymond Barre becomes mayor.
* 1997 - Gare de Lyon-Vaise rebuilt.
* 1999 - Population: 445,452.

## 21st century
### 2000s

* 2001
** March: Lyon municipal election, 2001 [fr] held.
** Gérard Collomb becomes mayor.
** Tram lines T1 and T2 begin operating.
* 2005 - Vélo'v bikeshare begins operating.
* 2006 - Tram line T3 begins operating.
* 2008 - Pathe Vaise cinema opens.
* 2009 - Tram line T4 begins operating.

### 2010s

* 2011 - Population: 491,268.
* 2012
** Tram-train de l'ouest lyonnais begins operating.
*** Tram line T5 begins operating.
* 2014
** March: Lyon municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
** Musée des Confluences opens.
* 2015
** Metropolis of Lyon established per MAPAM Law [fr].
** 26 June: Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack occurs in vicinity of Lyon.
** December: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional election, 2015 [fr] held.
* 2016 - Lyon becomes part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
* 2019
** Tram line T6 begins operating.
** 31 August: Mass stabbing kills one and injures eight.